Gold Flora Corp. (Form: 8-K, Received: 03/27/2025 16:13:28)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2025

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			Gold Flora Corporation
			(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

0-56348

93-2261104

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3165 Red Hill Avenue

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(949) 252-1908

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


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Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On March 27, 2025, Gold Flora Corporation (the “Company”) filed an application for receivership under the laws of the State of California in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Santa Monica Division (the “Court”). The Company expects Richard Ormand of Stone Capital Blossom, LLC to be appointed as receiver (to the extent serving in such capacity, the “Receiver”). The Receiver, once appointed, will have broad powers and authority to take possession of, and protect and preserve, all of the assets of the Company, and administer the estate in accordance with applicable law. Accordingly, the Company expects that the Receiver will be empowered to sell all of the assets of the Company (together or separately) and distribute the proceeds of such sale to the Company’s creditors in a manner approved by the Court.

Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

As previously reported, on August 28, 2024, Gold Flora Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with J.J. Astor & Co. (the “Investor”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investor, in exchange for the payment by the Investor of $6,864,000, a senior secured promissory note in an aggregate principal amount of $9,295,000 (the “Initial Note”). The Loan Agreement also provided for the future issuance of up to three additional notes (the “Additional Notes” and together with the Initial Note, the “Notes”) subject to certain conditions and on substantially the same terms as the initial closing. On November 6, 2024, the Company issued an Additional Note to the Investor pursuant to the Loan Agreement (the “First Additional Note”). The First Additional Note has an original principal amount of $2,780,000 and a funded amount of $1,920,000 to be paid back in in forty (40) weekly installments commencing on November 13th, 2025. On December 31, 2024, the Company issued another Additional Note to the Investor pursuant to the Loan Agreement (the “Second Additional Note” and, together with the Initial Note and the First Additional Note, the “Notes”). The Second Additional Note has an original principal amount of $2,780,000 and a funded amount of $1,920,000 to be paid back in in forty (40) weekly installments commencing on October 6th, 2025.

On March 21, 2025, the Investor delivered a notice to the Company (the “Notice”) claiming that events of default had occurred under the Notes due to (i) failure to pay amounts owed to the Investor pursuant to the Notes and (ii) failure to have a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by the required date pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into between the Company and the Investor on August 27, 2024 (together, the “Events of Default”). The outstanding principal amount under the Notes was automatically increased by 10% as a result of the occurrence of the Events of Default. The outstanding principle and accrued interest under the Notes, on the date of the Notice and giving effect to the Events of Default, was approximately $11.5 million. The Investor did not accelerate the payment of any amounts outstanding under the Notes pursuant to the Notice, but did reserve its rights and remedies under the Notes and the Loan Agreement.

Also on March 21, 2025, the Investor delivered a notice (the “Pledge Notice”) to the escrow agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement entered into among the Investor, the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company on August 27, 2024 (the “Pledge Agreement”), purporting to release the Pledge Agreement from escrow. The Pledge Agreement had been held in escrow, and if released, would constitute a lien and security interest on ownership interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. However, the Pledge Agreement requires the Investor to elect to accelerate amounts due under the Notes and requires a three-day notice period. Because neither of those conditions was satisfied, the Company has challenged the purported release of the Pledge Agreement from escrow.

Additionally, the filing of the receivership application as described in Item 1.03 is expected to constitute default under the Loan Agreement and certain other of the Company’s debt instruments and agreements that contain similar default provisions.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Press Release

On March 27, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the receivership filing. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Additional Information on the Receivership Filing

Additional information about the receivership filing, including access to Court records, is available online at Los Angeles Superior Court, Santa Monica Division at www.lacourt.org or in person at the Court located at 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

The documents and other information available via website or elsewhere are not part of this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed incorporated herein.

The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to the receivership application and expected process, and other plans, intentions, estimates and beliefs, and may include statements regarding the ability and timing of the appointment of a Receiver, the identity of the Receiver, the Receiver’s scope of authority, and the future occurrence of events of default under the Company’s debt instruments. Words such as "expects," "continue," "will," "anticipates," and "intends," or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward–looking statements are based on the Company’s current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends that it believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, prospects, business strategy and financial needs, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by it in light of the experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability to appoint a Receiver and initiate receivership proceedings in accordance with California law; the receivership process, the Company’s ability to obtain approval from the Court with respect to motions or other requests made to the Court throughout the course of the receivership; the effects of the receivership on the liquidity, results of operations and business of the Company and its subsidiaries; the Company’s ability to negotiate with its lenders or enter into agreements for strategic alternatives; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern during the receivership and going forward; the potential for governmental investigations and inquiries, regulatory actions and lawsuits; and other risks discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable laws, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements contained herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise.

Cautionary Note Regarding the Company’s Securities

The Company cautions that trading in the Company’s securities during the pendency of the anticipated receivership is highly speculative and poses substantial risks. Trading prices for the Company’s securities may bear little or no relationship to the actual recovery, if any, by holders of the Company’s securities in the receivership process. The Company expects that holders of shares of the Company’s securities could experience a significant or complete loss on their investment, depending on the outcome of the receivership.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit Number						Title
99.1						Press Release of Gold Flora Corporation
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

GOLD FLORA CORPORATION

Dated: March 27, 2024

By:

/s/ Marshall Minor

Name:

Marshall Minor

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

Gold Flora Corporation Files for Voluntary Receivership

COSTA MESA, CA.—Gold Flora Corporation (“Gold Flora” or the “Company”), a cannabis company with subsidiaries operating across California, today announced that it filed for a voluntary receivership pursuant under the laws of the State of California (the “Receivership Proceedings”) on March 27, 2025 to seek court protection as a result of obligations from legacy lawsuits that arose out of Gold Flora’s acquisition of TPCO Holding Corp (a/k/a The Parent Company) and mounting costs of operations and high yield debt. Additionally, the Company has received a notice of default from J.J. Astor & Co. (“Astor”) with respect to senior secured promissory notes issued to Astor between August 2024 and December 2024, which events of default increased the aggregate amount of outstanding principal and interest under the notes to approximately $11.5 million. The Company anticipates being placed into receivership in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Santa Moncia Division and expects Richard Ormond of Stone Capital Blossom, LLC , one of California’s most experienced cannabis receivers, to be appointed as the Company’s receiver). While preparing for an orderly sale of its California operations, Gold Flora intends to continue operating as a going concern and expects to be sold as a going concern as well as it retains a business consisting of 16 dispensaries and a 100,000 square foot cultivation campus.

“This was a difficult but correct decision to make for all stakeholders,” said CEO and founder Laurie Holcomb. “While Gold Flora remains a leading operator and retailer in the cannabis market in California with over $100 million in annual revenues, the liabilities on our balance sheet, many of which are due to lawsuits we inherited with the TPCO business combination, forced us to file for a voluntary receivership that is necessary to achieve an orderly sale of the business. We believe Gold Flora’s business remains valuable and sound, but receivership is our only option to sell the business as a going concern as opposed to seeing it broken up by different creditors, which we believe is not in the best interest of any stakeholder. Therefore, after careful consideration of these factors, duties owed to all stakeholders and in the absence of other available alternatives, the board of directors of the Company determined that it was in the best interests of the Company and its stakeholders to proceed with the commencement of the Receivership Proceedings” added Holcomb.

Further information regarding the Receivership Proceedings can be obtained from the Receiver once appointed. Frank A. Segall of Blank Rome LLP is serving as legal counsel to Gold Flora. As a result of its filing for a voluntary receivership, Gold Flora anticipates that its common stock and warrants will be suspended from trading on the Cboe Canada exchange. It is anticipated that Gold Flora will ultimately be delisted from Cboe Canada.

About Gold Flora Corporation

Gold Flora Corporation is vertically-integrated cannabis leader that owns and operates multiple premium indoor cannabis cultivation facilities, 16 retail dispensaries in strategic geographies, a distribution business selling first party and third party brands into hundreds of dispensaries across California, and a robust portfolio of cannabis brands and SKUs aimed at different consumer segments. The Company's retail operations include Airfield Supply Company, Caliva, Coastal, Calma, King's Crew, Varda, Deli, and Higher Level dispensaries, and its distribution company operates under the name Stately Distribution.

Gold Flora Corporation's indoor cultivation canopy currently comprises approximately 107,000 square feet across three facilities in its Desert Hot Springs campus and two San Jose cultivation facilities. The Desert Hot Springs campus also houses the Company's manufacturing and extraction facilities and Stately Distribution. This centralized location provides for optimal security and logistics benefits and protects the product as it moves though the Company's larger pipeline.

With hubs throughout the state, the Company distributes many prominent brands, including its own premium lines of Gramlin, Gold Flora, Cruisers, Roll Bleezy, Aviation Cannabis, Jetfuel Cannabis, and Monogram.

References to information included on, or accessible through, websites and social media platforms do not constitute incorporation herein by reference of the information contained at or available through such websites or social media platforms, and the reader should not consider such information to be part of this press release.

For the latest news, activities, and media coverage, please visit www.goldflora.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to the receivership application and expected process, expectations or forecasts of business, operations, financial performance, prospects, and other plans, intentions, estimates and beliefs, and may include statements regarding the ability and timing of the appointment of a receiver, the ability to sell the Company’s California operations as a going concern, the Company’s future prospects, the Company’s ability to continue operating as a going concern during the receivership process, the ability and timing of the appointment of the Receiver, the identity of the Receiver, and the Receiver’s scope of authority. Words such as "expects," "continue," "will," "anticipates," and "intends," or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward–looking statements are based on Gold Flora's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends that it believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, prospects, business strategy and financial needs, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by it in light of the experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate. Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward looking information and statements herein. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability to appoint a Receiver and initiate receivership proceedings in accordance with California law; the receivership process, the Company’s ability to obtain approval from the Court with respect to motions or other requests made to the Court throughout the course of the receivership; the effects of the receivership on the liquidity, results of operations and business of the Company and its subsidiaries; the Company’s ability to negotiate with its lenders or enter into agreements for strategic alternatives; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern during the receivership and going forward; the potential for governmental investigations and inquiries, regulatory actions and lawsuits; and other risks discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Although Gold Flora believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable laws, Gold Flora does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements contained herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise.

Cautionary Note Regarding the Company’s Securities

SOURCE Gold Flora Corporation

Gold Flora Corporation Inc.,

Laurie Holcomb,

Chairman & CEO,

+1 (949) 252-1908 ext 300;

Investor Contact,

ir@goldflora.com